Oh that’s interesting. Send air out the sides of the nassau to go around the drivers arms? Could be the trick for road racing.
Surprised we haven’t seen something “teardroppy”
For the rear wether it’s suit, rear bumper (tricky with regs) or rear of seat
End of the day:
Just like people chasing 0.1 HP on a Briggs Motor instead of focusing on driver and chassis tuning. Its all about perception and the dollars that follow said perception.
Where the gap is tight (0,1 or even less from 1st to 10th position) everything makes the difference.
The problem with these is they are homologated, and aren’t safety tested as far as I can tell. You or I can’t try anything ourselves.
So if these do make a difference, and maybe they do, we have an additional performance item (that only those who pay for homologation and can manufacturer them) for no apparent reason that cost 200 quid. Bonkers and stupid.
it really isn’t any different than them allowing rear wings and other aero devices.
So the Level 1&2 are Old news, Can see that the technical list with lvl1/2 is still there.
I can see that the aero improvements are not very popular so far. But to me it seems that this is nearing the end game as far as kart development is concerned.
Where do you all feel that research and development efforts could be better directed when it comes to chassis improvement?
Yes, you keep mentioning this. However, the rest of us that now have to pay for these stupid things is who is complaining. The top drivers will already have them installed and money is not a concern for them like it is the rest of us.
I don’t believe this is true for aero. We are just in the early game. This all really kicked off 2020ish with the Dynamica and OTK hotdog bun panels.
We’ve seen snapshots of wheel covers. GFC karts running small fans on the rear hubs. KR ran a wild aero floor pan on their KZ kart. I think aero is about to get nuts in the next 2-5 years.
It’s game on Sounds epic music
Nothing, stop development. Karting is about simplicity. Or allow the little guys to homebrew their own aero solutions if you’re going to mandate aero devices that are expensive and only serve to pad the bottom line of manufacturers. If I can whip up a creative sheet of plastic for $5 to enhance the aero of my kart, let me do it.
It should be stopped all together, but that would require FIA to interveen, and that will not happen untill We have Aero floorplates (KR tested them last year), covers over the wheels (on the Way according to some sources) and generally a bodypack costing a fortune.
I dont see the benefit In any off it, yes for safety We need bodywork if we like it or not, but its gone to far.
Only way to stop aero wars is to go spec on all bodywork which to an extent is boring I get it, but we can all look different with stickers.
I’m already on the fence with buying the new KG nose and fairing which is just lame that I’m even considering chasing aero for karting.
I’m more interested in the new Freeline sidepods if you can get better airflow to the rear tires, but they seem to work in tandem with the nose. So it’s sorta all or nothing.
We could argue that the “endgame” was reached in 1964 with the Tecno Piuma. Despite countless designs coming and going since then, it remains the foundational layout still in use today.
The issue here lies in the wielding of homologation. While homologation certainly has its merits, particularly with engines, given the nature of setup costs, one can’t help but view its application elsewhere with a degree of skepticism. Chassis homologation, for instance, didn’t occur until the very late 1970s. Even then, I recall reading a letter in Karting Magazine that criticized the move as little more than a way to shield the major manufacturers from British upstarts.
The notion that we should open certain areas of development simply because we’ve exhausted a particular development pathway doesn’t quite hold water. If that’s the case, why not allow full floors and diffusers and just say, “Go for it”? Historically, karting has operated as a three-area formula: driver, chassis, and engine. Bodywork was introduced solely for safety purposes, though there’s some debate about whether it was also a convenient opportunity for teams and drivers to gain space for sponsor branding.
That aside, bodywork’s primary function is, and should remain, safety IF it must be used (I don’t care for it) . In this sense, homologation and approval are understandable. However, what we’ve ended up with is a strange situation where Nassaus must also be homologated, yet - so far as I can tell - there’s no safety testing involved.
So, what are we left with? A so-called “free” area of aerodynamic development that’s actually covered by homologation, seemingly to protect manufacturers rather than for any legitimate safety rationale. it’s nonsense.
Just bolt on long circuit bodywork and floors than this pistake aero.
Must drivers won’t see any advantage. Would need kz karts on long circuits to see any advantage in my opinion.
Would you be able to provide any type of data or elaboration on this?
Can’t share anything, sorry.
As you saw Parolin was running the old bodywork in Sarno and this week we will run the old one as well in Lonato.
There is going to be an article on TKart about the performances of this component very soon.
Its all a bit silly to me.
Directing air to the tires, fine, that’s valid. But, everything about the fairing is designed around getting the air around the driver and minimizing high pressure points. That effort is kinda silly since you dont know the driver size. Formal won supernats in KZ not long ago, and he’s certainly a bigger driver than Myers. I could design a fairing much better if I know the driver I’m directing air around, otherwise I’m forced to direct it further out from the center than probably needed. The new fairing to me looks like its trying to scoop in as much air width-wise as it can and then direct it over the driver. Thats far from optimal - how do I know how wide to make the panel, and the angles to direct the air around and over the driver?
Anyway, off my soapbox. I say we bring back breadbox side pods 
PS: One benefit of the newer bodywork is it might stop the kartskins bs suits from having any effect. Please god don’t let those things progress 
Front pannel width and lenght is regulated by homologation regulations. There is a maximum value to be respected for both.
CFD and windtunnel testing was done for all of the newly homologated panels, from the three main manufacturers.
Simone, you are missing David’s point. Wind tunnel and CFD is “worthless” to a driver who is 175cm if you did the testing with someone who is 160cm. The answers would be very different on what is “optimum”.
